Finals Experience

[bergholt]

I posted this earlier in the year, but I reckon it's a good time to remind ourselves of how well situated our list is for finals experience:

15 Schneider*
13 Hudghton*, King*
9 Dal Santo, Gardiner*, Riewoldt
8 Blake, Dempster*, Goddard, Hayes, Milne
7 Koschitzke
6 Baker, Ball, R Clarke, Montagna
5 S Fisher, Gwilt
4 X Clarke, Gram, Maguire
3 Eddy, Gilbert, Jones, McQualter, Ray
2 Armitage
1 Allen, L Fisher
0 the rest including Dawson, Begley, Geary, McEvoy

These guys know what to do when the pointy end of the season comes around. They've done it. The ones with the stars have even played in grand finals.

They won't fall apart under intense pressure.

[plugger66]

Overated, look at the hawks last year.

[bergholt]

For comparison, here's Collingwood:

14 O'Bree
10 Davis, Didak, Fraser
9 Lockyer, Rocca
8 Prestigiacomo
7 Johnson
6 Maxwell, Medhurst, Swan, Thomas
5 Clarke, Cloke, Goldsack, Pendlebury
4 Bryan, O'Brien, Rusling, Shaw
2 Anthony, L Brown, N Brown, Cook, Cox, Dawes, McCarthy
0 the rest including Beams, Corrie, Dick, Toovey, Wellingham, Wood

40 players on the senior list, 151 games of finals experience is 3.78 finals a player.

The Saints have 40 players (with Zac) with 190 games of finals experience: 4.75.

[matrix]

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[JABBER]

expericence only counts when you win finals Schneider Dempster and king have played in winning grand finals I Think Gram was emergancy in one of Brisbane flags Geelong has tasted success and played in a lot of finals Now if our players dont make the grand final this year it wont be expericence as an excuse

[Bernard Shakey]

Five plus of our players, you named, won't play finals this year.

[35...LEGEND]

Reckon about 7-9 of the Pies named won't play final's either....

[bergholt]

Five plus of our players, you named, won't play finals this year.

yup. considering i named the entire list of 40 players, it's not surprising that some of them won't play.